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United Kingdom: Temporary elimination of import duties and VAT on COVID-19 vaccines

Announcement

24 Nov 2020

In November 2020, the United Kingdom temporary eliminated the import duty and the VAT imposed on imports of COVID-19 vaccines.

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Number of interventions

2

0 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

2 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

24 Nov 2020

Revocation date:

31 Dec 2020

Updated: 24 Nov 2020
Internal taxation of imports

On 24 November 2020, the United Kingdom exempted imports from non-EU countries of COVID-19 vaccines from VAT in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Additionally, import duties were also eliminated o...

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Updated: 24 Nov 2020
Import tariff

On 24 November 2020, the United Kingdom temporarily eliminated the import duty on COVID-19 vaccines from non-EU countries in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Subject goods are classified under th...

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